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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wendy & Jason's Big Day

More friends are getting married this year...
June 26 was the wedding day of Wendy and Jason... :D
This was the second wedding that I'd attended this year... more to come... :)
And... of course... my own wedding too... heehee...

Stay tuned for link to all photos... ;-)

Updated on July 20
Well.... sharing some wedding shower photos first...

Updated on Aug 4
Finally... I've uploaded the wedding day photos. Click here.

Jason & Wendy Wedding

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

12 Principles of Agile

12 Principles of Agile

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.
Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

For Agile, we want to deliver value early and continuously!!

Good webinar for learning Agile:
Becoming Agile
--> When you are watching the webinar, make sure that you don't accidentally click any links.
I was watching this webinar and taking some notes at the same time in computer. Then, I accidentally clicked one of the links on the side which took me to another page. I went back to the webinar page, but I couldn't go back to where I was in the video (70%) and had to start from the beginning again. :(

我們做了牛、狗和猴子

I heard this story from a pastor...

有一天，神創造了一頭牛。
衪對牛說：「你要整天在田裡替農夫耕田，供應牛奶給人類飲用。你要工作直至日落，而你只能吃草。我給你50年的壽命。」
牛抗議：「我這麼辛苦，還只能吃草，我只要20年壽命，餘下的還給你。」
神答應了。

第二天，神創造了猴子。
神跟猴子說：「你要娛樂人類，令他們歡笑你要表演翻觔斗，而你只能吃香蕉。我給你20年的壽命。」
猴子抗議：「要引人發笑，表演雜技，還要翻觔斗，這麼辛苦，我活10年好了。」
神答應。

第三天，神創造了狗。
神對狗說：「你要站在門口吠。你吃主人吃剩的東西。我給你25年的壽命。」
狗抗議：「整天坐在門口吠，我要15年好了，餘下的還給你。」
神答應。

第四天，神創造了人。
神對人說：「你只需要睡覺，吃東西和玩耍，不用做任何事情，只需要盡情享受生命，我給你20年的壽命。」
人抗議：「這麼好的生活只有20年」
神沒說話。
人對神說「這樣吧。牛還了30年給你，猴子還了10年，狗也還了10年，這些都給我好了，那我就能活到70歲。! 」
神答應了。

這就是為甚麼我們的頭20年，只需吃飯、睡覺和玩耍,
之後的30年，我們像一條牛整天工作養家,
接著的10年，我們退休了，我們得像隻猴子表演雜耍來娛樂自己的孫兒,
最後的10年，整天留在家裡，像一條狗坐在門口旁邊看門。

笑話: 愛老婆的男人

愛老婆的男人....呵呵..

有一個男人跟他一天到晚只會抱怨的妻子來到耶路撒冷渡假。
在渡假當中，他的妻子突然去世了。

葬儀社的人跟他說：
您可以選擇花 $5,000將尊夫人的遺體運回您的國家，
或者花 $150把她葬在這聖地耶路撒冷。

那人想了一會兒，就跟葬儀社的人說他要把她運回家鄉。
葬儀社的人不解地問他說：
為何您寧可花 $5,000把尊夫人運回家鄉，
而不願意將她葬在這美好之地，而且花更少錢呢？
他想，這個男人真的很愛他的老婆。

男人回答：
很久很久以前，有一個人在這裡死了，埋在這裡，過了三天，他又復活了。

【聖經記述：耶穌死後第三天復活】

他繼續說著：

我就是不想冒這個險……

Earthquake hits Toronto

I can't believe it... An earthquake hit Toronto and Brampton...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit central Canada around 1:43 p.m. EDT.
People in Toronto, Brampton, Ottawa, etc. felt it.

I personally didn't feel the earthquake. It must be really minor.
Only a small percentage of people in our Brampton office felt the shake.

I was messaging a co-worker working in Toronto. When he told me that there was an earthquake, I thought he meant company earthquake... "layoffs". Then, I found out that his 2 stories glass building was actually shaking. Wow... scary!

Wen (working downtown) also felt it. It lasted for 30 sec.

May be earth is giving a welcoming shake for the world leaders going to G20 and G8 submit... hahahaha... :D

Latest info
@ 2:25pm
The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was centered 49 km north from Cumberland, Ontario.
Click here to see roughly where Cumberland is.

@ 2:53pm
The U.S. Geological Survey has downgraded the earthquake to 5.0. The quake was centered 61 kilometres north from Ottawa. No aftershocks are likely, according to a University of Toronto geology professor, Pierre Robin.